SYDNEY DOCK STRIKERS
FIGHT WITH OFFICIALS ATTEMPT TO SEIZE OFFICES (Rec. 7 p.m) SYDNEY, May 23. About 800 of the 3000 Sydney dock ironworkers who have been on strike for the past five weeks last night fought for possession of their union offices. One man was taken to hospital suffering from head injuries alleged to have been inflicted with a bottle. Iron bars and an axe were used to smash down , the main door of the office. „ , The disturbance followed a meeting of ironworkers, when an attempt was made to suspend the officials of the branch. The officials, with about 150 supporters, retired to the union offices, where thev remained throughout the night, resisting the efforts of the strikers to evict them. The police were called out.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25852, 24 May 1945, Page 6
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